Comments on: Got Another One!

By: Anirban

Anirban — Tue, 14 Mar 2006 10:57:01 +0000

I have always felt a large section of English-educated Hindus are a masochistic lot; and unfortunately these are the people who are the opinion-makers in India.

By: Niketan

Niketan — Sat, 11 Mar 2006 02:26:53 +0000

Hello Sandeep
Well said. I checked out the media reports and some ‘progressive’ blogs. Many of them have completely omitted this. Is the rest of India becoming another Kashmir? Terrorist killings becoming regular business?
Others are mouthing the same inanities and focusing on the VHP and Advani’s reactions to the explosion. (Ref: India Uncut)
The reactions have been moderate and there is no hate message against the muslims even though it is critical about the govt as it rightly should be.
Point to note: Where were these worthies when the left parties held protests against George Bush along with extremist fundamentalist organisations?

By: BangaloreGuy

BangaloreGuy — Fri, 10 Mar 2006 10:09:19 +0000

ah, and I thot I was the only victim of the spam-block

By: DesiPundit » Blasts In Varanasi: Media Duplicity?

DesiPundit » Blasts In Varanasi: Media Duplicity? — Fri, 10 Mar 2006 07:41:54 +0000

[...] Update: Sandeep has one more post on similiar lines [...]

By: Sandeep

Sandeep — Fri, 10 Mar 2006 06:54:17 +0000

7*6 and gaurav,

Please be patient, my tech guru is working on implementing a brand new anti spam system that’ll get rid of the problems you face in commenting here.

Sorry about that.

By: doubtinggaurav

doubtinggaurav — Fri, 10 Mar 2006 04:49:51 +0000

Sandeep

6*7 is right, your spam blocker is blocking all the wisdom of mine.

And worse it stops me from peddling my site.

Is it the work of Hindu fundamentalists

Regards

By: Parimal Gupta

Parimal Gupta — Fri, 10 Mar 2006 00:49:15 +0000

Here comes another one from the Spinner. Seems to me that Varanasi has shaken Shekhar Gupta more than anything else. From day one he is making noises of a different kind. He has not shed a single tear on the tragedy itself. Rather he and his team is coming up with one article after another to ensure that it drives home the point that even now BJP is more dangerous than the jehadis themselves. Shekhar Gupta is clearly worried that for his favourite leader [read Sonia Antanio] the ground is sleeping under the feet. The desperation is evident from the third consecutive editorial Shekhar has dedicated to BJP bashing.
But in a way it is a good sign. The “secularists” are feeling the heat. How long are they going to defend the undefendable?
Why that , i recently read an article by the elitist-liberal Vir Sanghvi that suggested to me the first signs of BJP revival. Obviously these jholawalas are not comfortable with BJP coming to power. They are making the mandatory noises to divert attention from real issue. While Shekhar’s favourite party is making jokes on Hanuman even in this hour of tragedy [which Shekhar put on the headlines the first day to rub more salt on the Hindu wounds] the media in general seems clueless on how to defend their favourite plank. So they are just using the age-old tactics of offence [against BJP] before defending the jehadis. Talk of pre-emptive strike , eh!

Check this [makes you puke with nausea] editorial.

http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=89254

By: Anon

Anon — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 19:17:29 +0000

Sandeep: Sorry for the anon comment above; and the off-topic comment here; but signing as seven_times_six is getting flagged off as spam. This is sacriligeous considering I hold the answer to the question of life universe and everything.

— 7*6

By: Anon

Anon — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 19:11:34 +0000

The reason why most journalists engage in pseudo-secularism is actually more sinister than a “desire” to be tolerant. I’d say it is because they have no choice. Otherwise, they’d get immediately branded, hounded, thrown off the gravy train. One needs to properly characterize, and attack this underlying bullyism.

—7*6

By: Something like life

Something like life — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

here. A brief post by Nitin. A must read by Greatbong, and when I say must it means must. Expectedly usual bunch of secularists are either silent or coming up with this. Another Update: Sandeep hasexpressed his frustation with the “secular media”. The priest of secularism has spoken. The message, “While India needs to take all possible steps to hunt down the terrorists and to secure our people, we must understand the likely nature of these provocations and not create an excuse for